On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Alfred von Campe <alfred at von-campe.com> wrote: > > I'm just starting to test CentOS 6 in our environment, and as a first step did a basic > install from DVD (Desktop target, all defaults). Next I will try to automate the > installations as I did for CentOS 5 using the anakonda-ks.cfg file generated by the > manual install. > > However, I can't wrap my brain around the new NetworkManager to get it to configure > the eth0 interface to obtain an IP address from our DHCP server. I've seen the FAQ > on the wiki and the interface is up, but it doesn't get an IP address. I've done the > installation from DVD multiple times now, each time with the same result. If you mean during the install, add "--activate" to your kickstart file's "network ..." line. If you mean after the install, what's the output of "chkconfig --list NetworkManager", "chkconfig --list network", and your NIC's ifcfg-X?